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Uganda garbage dump landslide death toll rises to 23

A Red Cross officer runs for help following a landfill collapse in Kampala on August 10, 2024. [AFP]

The death toll from a garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital Kampala has risen to 23, a city official said Monday.

People and livestock were buried in mountains of waste at the landfill in the northern Kampala district of Kiteezi on Saturday after a collapse caused by heavy downpours.

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